162 SCOLOPENDRIUM 



HART'S TONGUE: Scolopendrium vulgare. 



{Phyllitis Scolopendrium.) 



Fronds long and narrow, rarely 20 inches in 

 length or 2 inches in width, usually wavy-margined, 

 somewhat heart-shaped or eared at the base, and 

 often forked at the tip. 



Fruit dots long and narrow, borne oblique or 

 nearly at right angles to the midvein, opening 

 along the middle. 



Has been found in shaded, rocky places in a few 

 spots in central New York, Tennessee, New 

 Brunswick and Ontario. 



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